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Name: SKELLORN, John Christopher

Birth Date: 1846 Liverpool

Death Date: 27.10.1910 Wavertree Farm, Kikuyu, heart disease

First Date: 1899

Profession: Farmer

Area: 1925 Machakos, 1909 Thika River, Fort Hall Road

Married: In Liverpool 15 Jan 1874 Mary Weal Thomson b.1853, d. 16.1.1905 Nairobi, cancer

Children: John (Liverpool 1884); Thomas (1884 twins); Frederick (1877 Liverpool

Book Reference: Red 25, Hut, Drumkey, Red 22, Land, EAHB 1906, Gazette, North, Red Book 1912

General Information:

Land - 1906 - J. Skellorn - Grazing, 1000 acres, Thata River, 28-10-04, Registered 29-11-06
Land - 1907 - J. Skellorn Snr. - Building, 5 acres, Nairobi, 30-10-05, Registered 3-5-07
Gazette - 25/8/15 - John Skellorn, EA Regt. - Deserter - 5ft 9ins, red hair age about 34, AWOL 21/3/15
North - arr Zanzibar from Europe 29/7/1899; one of 86 signatures on a petition to the FO objecting to a proposed Zionist settlement in EA Feb-April 1905; Firearms registered at Nairobi April-June 1905; 1906 Fort Hall Road
Red Book 1912 - J. Skellon - Kyambu ?
Gazette 20/6/1917 - Deserter Notice cancelled
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Ukamba Area - John Skellorn - Prospector, Machakos
North - Mary Skellorn - Land Grant application, Fort Hall Road, Nairobi 24/9/1904; died 16/1/1905 Nairobi aged 53
Barnes - Mary Skellorn - may be buried in Nairobi South cemetery in unidentified grave.

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